Temecula Theatre Talk: James and the Giant Peach
Elizabeth Youngman-WestphalSpecial to The Valley NewsSixty-one youth bowed to the standing ovation from the capacity crowd at the Bob Burton Center for the Performing Arts in Fallbrook, Sunday, Feb. 27. The audience hooted and whistled approval as the cast took its final curtain call at the finale of “James and the Giant Peach.”Written by the acclaimed children’s author Roald Dahl, “James and the Giant Peach” is one of his early works although it was preceded by “Boy” which supposedly chronicles his unhappy years at boarding school. Other familiar works include “BFG,” “Matilda” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”“James and the Giant Peach” opens as Ladahlord (Zoe Robinson) introduces the many woes of the recently orphaned James (Eiley F